30376 - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students master the design, creation and interpretation of corporate Business Intelligence (BI) reports. They will understand the different design choices and technologies and the different options on how to implement a BI report. The course will also show how to include in a BI report forecasts and predictions (Business Analytics - BA).

Course contents

Important: it is higly recommended to attend the course "Principi di Business Intelligence" (https://www.unibo.it/it/didattica/insegnamenti/insegnamento/2022/463901, taught in Italian) or to study in anyway the related contents before attending this course, as this will facilitate the learning process.

 

Data & big data management principles.

Databases architecture.

Business Intelligence in MS Excel through power pivoting.

Business Intelligence in Power BI Desktop and Cloud.

DAX functions, dashboarding, reporting.

Business Analytics using Power BI and R.

Readings/Bibliography

Russo, Ferrari / The definitive guide to DAX, Microsoft Press, 2019 (2nd edition).

Rad / Pro Power BI Architecture, Apress, 2018.

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical applications in laboratory.

Important note: up to 20 Erasmus students can be accepted, the criteria will be "first come, first served".

Assessment methods

Practical test at the PC on MS Excel Power Pivot / MS Power BI, plus a few theory open questions.

The course mark is numeric (from 0 to 30), numeric marks correspond to the following grades:

<18 insufficient
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 cum laude excellent

Teaching tools

Blackboard, slides, PCs.

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Bergamaschi